Selector apparatus for checkwriters.



1. B. DENNIS.

SELECTOR APPARATUS FOR CHECKWRITERS. APPLICATION FILED JAN-27' I9I6.

1 1 87,274 Patented June 13; 1916.

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I. B. DENNIS.

SELECTOR APPARATUS FOR CHECKW RS. APPLICATION FILED 1AN. 27. l9!

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MIIIIHI I I J I. B. DENNIS.

SELECTOR APPARATUS ron CHECKWRITERS, APPLCATION FILED IAN-271 1915. 7 1,187,274, PatentedJune 13, 1916.

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JOHN B. DENNIS, or OTTUMWA, IOWA."-

SELECTOR APPARATUS FOR GHECKWRITERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

" Patented June 13, 1916.

. Applicationflled January 27, 1916. Seria1No..74,722.

ful Improvements in Selector Apparatus for Checkwriters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. This invention relates to new and useful improvements in selectors for checkwrlters and consists in the provision of a simple and eflicient device of this nature, designed especially for use upon a swinging lever type of checkwriter, and the object in view is to generally simplify the mechanism, making it possible to operate the checkwriter accurately without the usual care necessary to .the nicety of adjustment of the lever before its operation. 1

My inventlon consists of a simple and efliclent device of this nature having varlous details of construction, combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafterfully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation.- Fig. 2 is a top plan. Fig. 3 is a side elevation with portions broken away. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section through Fig. 3, looking down, the section being taken just above the arms 0, parts being omitted.

Reference-now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the casing of the writer, known to the trade as the Peerless and of the general type to which my improvements apply,-said frame having a notched segment Badapted to receive an operating lever D which, when depressed, actuates the printing mechanism, but which latter'forms no part ofthe present application.

The operating lever D is pivoted to a projection E on the casing F containing the operating mechanism for check printing, of the usual form. It is mounted on the post E. F is a casing mounted on the post E above -is disposed outside the casing F and above the same, as seen'in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4. A pawl, designated by letter I, is mounted upon an integral arm of the key rack J and is adapted to engage the teeth of the ratchet wheel to hold the latter in different adjusted positions. Said spring tends to normally throw the lever to its farthest limit to the right when the lever comes in contact with the plate N.

O are arms each having one end riveted to the drum casing F, as seen in Fig. 2, see also Fig. 4, the other ends projecting from the key rack, said rack in the present instance being hollow, and provided with top and bottom walls which have registering apertures, and depressible keys, designated by letter Q, have stems which are mounted in various registering apertures and are held at their upper limits through the medium of the coiled springs R bearing between the Walls of the rack. The stems of said levers are adapted to'form stops, when degating $9957.82, it will be necessary to swing the lever to the left of the button marked 90, after which depress the key, release the lever and allow the spring to throw the latter back against the stem of the key 90, which will form a stop, then depress the lever and Ninety will be printed, it being impossible to carelessly print any other word when the lever is in contact with the stem of the key 90. This being done, the operator then presses key 9, after which the lever is released and allowed to be swung to the right through the influence of the spring which actuates the same, and the.lever will be stopped by the stem of the key 9. The lever is then depressed again to depress 9, after which the lever is swung to the left by the key indicating-Hundred, released of the hundred key, depressed and the Word Hundred is printed, after which the key is depressed, the lever allowed to swing against its stem, depressed and Fifty is printed. Then key 7 is depressed, the lever being held until the stem of the key is in its path, then released, allowing the stem of the key to form a stop The lever is then depressed and Seven is printed. The dollars being at the extreme end to the right of the path and no key being necessary because the end of the slot makes a solid stop for it, the lever is released and allowed to swing there and is depressed and the word Dollars printed, after which the lever is swung to the left of the key 80, and the key afterward depressed, printing Eighty, the lever released, then to the clay and then to cents. The lever D swings either way and it moves until the pin in the slot stops it.

From the foregoing, it will be understood that a check for an amount up to one cent less than one million may be printed, and all checks to be. printed under $10,000, necessitate the throwing of the lever the requisite number of times to the left, and all checks less than $100.00 a'less numher of throws to'the left, the spring attached tothe lever causing the latter to be thrown each time in its adjusted position to be actuated for printing the particular wording upon the check.

With my improved attachment, mistakes are absolutely impossible in printing the check if the proper key is depressed so that its stem will form a stop, indicating the exact matter to be printed.

ffhat ll claim to be new is l. A selector apparatus for checkwriters comprising, in combination with a movable springpressed lever adapted toactuate checkwriting mechanism, a series of identification keys designating the matter to be printed upon the check and having-stems adapted when actuated to form stops to limit the movement of the lever in one direction,

2. A selector apparatus for checkwriters comprising, in combination with 'a swinging, spring-pressedlever adapted to actuate checkwriting mechanism, series of identification keys designating the matter to be printed upon the check and having stems adapted when actuated to form stops to limit the movement of the lever in one direction.

3. A selector apparatus for checkwriters comprising, in combination with a movable, spring-pressed lever adapted to actuate checkwriting mechanism, a series of springpressed identification keys provided with stems forming stops adapted when depressed to limit the movement of the lever in one direction.

4. A selector apparatus for checkwriters comprising, in combination with the frame, a movable, spring-pressed lever adapted to actuate checkwriting mechanism, a rack mounted upon the frame, a plurality of de pressible keys having stems mounted for cooperation with said rack and designed to be thrown into the path of the lever to arrest its movement in one direction.

5. A selector apparatus for checkwriters 75 comprising, in combination with the frame, a movable, spring-pressed lever adapted to actuate checkvrriting mechanism, a rack mounted in the frame and having registering apertures in the walls thereof, springpressed keys having stems movable through said apertures and designed to extend into the path of said lever and when depressed to limit its movement in one direction.

6. A selector apparatus for checkwriters comprising, in combination with a checkwriter frame having an upright post, a swinging lever, a drum mounted on said post,ahousing for said' drum, a spring secured at one end to the drum and the other end to the post, means for regulating the tension efthe spring, a rack secured to the frame and means secured to said rack and to said housing for the'drum, spring-pressed keys carried by the rack and having stems designed to be proiected in the path of the lever and when depressed to form stops therefor to limit the movement of the latter in one direction.

7. A selector apparatus for checkwriters comprising in combination with a checkwriter frame, a swinging lever, a spring tending to normally throw said lever to its farthest limit to the right, a key rack having registering openings, and depressihle keys having stems mounted in registering apertures, said stems forming stops when depressed in the path of the lever.

8. A selector apparatus for checkwriters comprising in combination with. a check al writer frame, a swinging lever, a sp tending to normally throw said lever farthest limit to the right, a key rack ing registering openings, depressihle having stems mounted in registering a tures, said stems forming stops when aepressed in the path of the lever, and springs for normally holding said stems at their upper limit.

In testimony whereof l hereunto my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JQHN JEN Witnesses:

it. WHITE, li/l. Barrnnson. 

